Koreans top new expat arrivals

More than 140,000 South Koreans visited Beijing in the third quarter, overshadowing the numbers of visitors from any other country, latest official statistics reveal.

Foreign travelers made more than 1.87 million trips into Beijing during this three-month period, representing a 10.9 percent year-on-year increase, Beijing General Station of Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection said.

And visitors from the Republic of Korea, Japan and the United States topped the list.